Triopoly Monopoly Style Game Board Game

by Reveal Entertainment, Inc.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 16 x 16 x 2 inches ; 4.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00000IZUJ
• Manufacturer recommended age: 10 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #100,314 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)

Product Description

Editorial Review

Reveal has taken a well-known concept--Monopoly--and made it three-dimensional. The object of the game is to become the wealthiest player through city development and property purchases. Two to eight players can choose a one- or three-level game, depending on time and the desired level of challenge. The three-level version requires stacking and matching three boards. Players roll dice to land on properties or instruction squares, and get further directives from stock market or travel cards. Strategizing requires attention and fairly good math skills. Triopoly is an informal and clever way to introduce teenagers (and adults!) to the world of finance. There's a little of everything: wheeling and dealing, gambling, and some serious investment calculation. The game is attractive and well designed, with easy-to-follow rules. A nice fact for the conscientious buyer: Reveal funds research that seeks a cure for multiple sclerosis. --Sandy Hirsch

Product Description

The Next Generation of real estate trading takes on new dimensions. Travel over three boards to 15 different U.S. cities - buying and building a financial fortune in this award-winning game. Players build skyscrapers, shopping malls, and gas stations as they move up and down levels through the Elevator or with mini airline tickets. Play the Stock Market or roll the dice in Las Vegas. Designed where each game creates new strategies. Premiere new game awards by Good Housekeeping and GAMES magazines. For 2 to 8 players.

Customer Reviews

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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A better Monopoly than Monopoly, February 17, 2000

By A Customer

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Triopoly Monopoly Style Game Board Game (Toy)

If you ever wished that Monopoly was "fixed" this is it. They added two new levels (Which you can chose to use or not.) Different things to build, gas stations, malls, and sky scrapers.

It adds the typical home rule of getting some cash for free parking. Plus the cards travel and stock market are nice and add just the right amount of randomness to the game. (You can order extra cards with more things direct from the manufacturer.)

The kids and I like this game. I'd say its a bit harder than Monopoly and game play takes a bit longer but it has the same elements without just renaming everything to a street in your town. (Like the NameYourself..Monopoly versions floating around.)

Education value: Unless you're raising a Donald Trump Jr., who really wants to encourage monopoly building? Math skills and money handling are taught.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's Better Than Monopoly, January 4, 2007

By 

Kevbo (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Triopoly Monopoly Style Game Board Game (Toy)

I was dating a girl back in 1999 when she suggested we each spend $20 to get this "new game" called Triopoly. Being a huge fan of Monopoly, and even more excited that a female would suggest such a grand idea out of thin air, I went with her to a game shoppe she already knew about in a local mall and bought it with her.

With just the two of us, we decided to keep a running score. (I usually won - and talked trash to boot.) We played all three levels every time. There would be stalemates (as sometimes happens even in Monopoly), and some games lasted up to 6 or 8 hours - I forget; I wasn't really paying attention - but we never had a game last less than 2 hours.

We broke up a year later. I kept the game, but not without her verbally objecting to it: "So I guess you are going to keep Tripoloy then, huh?" So I gave her $20 and she was gone. (True story.)

Anyway, enough about me and my history with Triopoly.

I love this game. It is not any more "three-dimensional" than Monopoly is, but there are certainly way more features and variations than Monopoly.

Basically, in order to have three levels to play with, the cities were expanded to the three layers by adding famous streets. So now you can form a monopoly with 2 to 4 properties/streets, but that requires you to visit all three levels and act accordingly. (You can play with fewer levels, but I bought the game only to play all three.)

As you work your way up, the prices climb and the rewards and penalties start to skew. Transportation was altered to be trucking, shipping, and airline - no more trains, Mr. 1930s.

I really like the three-level interface and trying to acquire monopolies by visiting the different levels. Usually what happens is, the bottom level can get bought up first unless someone strategizes (and takes a risk) to go up the levels to try to block monopolies or buy level-specific streets (like the two from Phoenix, AZ that only exist on the 3rd Level).

I also like the added game of chance when you land on the gambling tiles (Atlantic City and Las Vegas). There are other elements to really rake in the dough, but of course, it thus is easier to lose a lot of it, too.

I recommend this game for people who enjoy countless hours of sitting, looking at a board, and strategizing (using mathematical and/or accounting abilities). I am a pretty disciplined person when it comes to neatness, order, organization, numbers, and finance. Hence, I love this game and don't mind the time requirements. Trying to find someone who will play with me is my biggest challenge, and I ask EVERYBODY I make friends with, "Do you like Monopoly?" If they say Yes, I then try to size them up for Triopoly.

If you are an active sort that doesn't like to pay attention to details, have a hard time sitting in the same place for long periods of time, and hates reading and enforcing rules, why are you playing board games anyway?! Triopoly has a ton of rules (compared to quicker games out there) and requires you to be sharp - kind of like the game of Life with all the various meanings of the jobs, tiles, and monetary exchanges.

If you don't have all your "i" dotted and "t" crossed on a turn-by-turn basis, you'll likely just want to put the game away and go watch TV. If you'd rather do the thinking for yourself, Triopoly offers you another opportunity to do so.

But if you are like me and remember that Monopoly requires a certain personality to play, expect Triopoly to be the same. To read reviews on this Amazon message board where people were surprised to learn that Triopoly took so long, I can't understand their frustration. Those are probably the people who didn't even play Monopoly right and cut corners to make it easier for them.

My dad only played Monopoly with us kids because we were gullible enough to fall for his cheating. He didn't even like the game, just beating his kids. Sadist, perhaps, but that is an example of people who should not expect Triopoly to be any different than Monopoly in terms of personality requirements.

19 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Triopoly 3times the fun of Monopoly, May 9, 2000

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Triopoly Monopoly Style Game Board Game (Toy)

Well, we all know about Monopoly...and well, we all know its a fun game. [if you don't like Monopoly you will probably HATE this!Triopoly has the same idea as Monopoly, but as its name says its 3 times the fun of Monopoly!

It has three "levels" to the game and there is lotto, Las Vegas and Atlantic City Casino! It's just so much fun...you will love it...I gurantee it!